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it. more that from jessica schneider. reporter: a federal judge in florida says he wants at least some portions of the affidavit justifying the mar-a-lago search made public saying i m not prepared to find that the affidavit should be fully sealed. before deciding, magistrate judge reinhart is giving the justice department one week to propose redactions. the doj has forcefully opposed releasing it saying it could derail their ongoing criminal says. much of our work is by necessity conducted out of the public eye. we do that to protect the constitutional rights of all americans and to protect the integrity of our investigations. reporter: judge reinhart has already released the search warrant and inventory of items taken from mar-a-lago, including 11 sets of classified documents. today he made several more filings public, including the doj s warrant application where they describe the potential offenses being investigated as the willful retention of national defense info
do those specific words create specific legal jeopardy for donald trump? i m john berman with brianna keilar, and judge bruce reinhart released several procedural court documents used to justify the search of mar-a-lago, providing new details and maybe a sharper focus on the president himself as a potential subject of a criminal probe. this is the document that was released and there is specific information in here about willful retention. in other words, they say he knew he had documents and he knew what they were. so this is all part of the argument over whether to release the affidavit justifying the search of mar-a-lago, prosecutors made the case for secrecy because they say evidence might be destroyed, but the judge set in motion the possibility of releasing a redacted version of the affidavit and that process will kick into gear as soon as next week. and ludicrous, ridiculous, bs, those words and phrases coming from some former trump senior officials who are scoffing
good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this friday, august 19th. friday, folks. we made it. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. the federal judge deciding whether to unseal the affidavit in the unprecedented search of mar-a-lago appeared to stake out the middle ground yesterday. saying he is inclined to unseal it, the magistrate judge gave the justice department until next thursday to submit redactions. in a written ruling, the judge stated, the government has not met its burden of showing that the entire affidavit should remain sealed. the judge said he would review the proposed reactions and then, redactions and decide if he agrees. he could not give a time line beyond next thursday saying quote this is going to be a considered careful process. the the government had argued against unsailing the affidavit laming it would jeopardize its investigation, and because it contains quote substantial grand jury information with national security over
network this weekend to pass the inflation reduction act of 2022. this legislation would be historic investing in things like combatting climate change, extending access to obamacare and finally, finally letting medicare negotiate with drug companies. but this is only after wheeling and dealing with you know who of course arizona senator kirsten sinema who demanded the preservation of a major tax loophole and forget this. the extremely rich hedge fund managers. the side eye is for you, we will talk more about that in a minute but first, republicans are starting to see that face bumping over the nine military and military aid are trying to obliterate abortion rights in kansas tonight go quite as well as they think. the defeat was kind of like when craig took down deebo and friday, you guys remember that? psychotic. regardless, they did not stop trump and back candidates from a sweeping victory in arizona s primaries. former tv anchor and corn election denier, kari lake said he